on my long drive to a job today i thought of the idea of refigerating the air coming into the intake by a means of a intercooler and dowtherm( liuqued that wont freeze till like -30. the idea is to sit the intercooler in a box of some sort that will aloow the intercooler tobecome very cold like 0 degrees. the question is will this make a bbig enough difference to fool with all the effort, if this has allready been done oon a N/A engine direct me to it, other wise let me know what yall think

 

I think to answer the basic question of will chilled iats help performance, yes. Going about doing that is all yours.

 

There's a 25 page thread on Camaro5forum on using the A/C system.

Drastically lowering IAT.... - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums - Camaro5.com

 

Will it help, yes....but if you plan to use the AC system to chill the fluid then no, because the extra power required to turn the compressor will negate all gains from a cooler intake. You could try meth or water injection if you are concerned about really high temps (Which I wouldnt be NA).

 

Check out that read on the camaro forum. At WOT, the compressor is disconnected, so no loss. IAT's in the 100 degree range at the end of the run.

 

i was planing on using a intercooler and cirulating dowtherm or dow frost that i freeze in a deep freezer and then put it in a contator that is insulated very well and use a small pump to circulate it around the intercooler which i would build a conationer around it. hopin to get like 0-20 IATs
using very little energy from the power supply

 

too much work and b.s. for negligable gains IMO. why not go with nitrous? its really not all that expensive, just use it when you need it. go with a 50-75 shot and you'll be more than ok on a stock engine.

 

It's an interesting idea. You should do it and post a build thread to keep us posted. Best of luck

 

my young mind gets these ideas, and usualy ends up costin me alot of money to inovate something new. all i need is a Air to water intercooler 4" pipe. let me know if any you guys got one you wanna sell